Companies Want Asbestos Maritime Law Ruling Clarified; Consolidated Trial Sought

Mealey's (August 16, 2019, 11:35 AM EDT) -- TACOMA, Wash. — Defendants asks a federal judge in Washington in an Aug. 15 memo whether a ruling applying maritime law “in this matter” applies to both asbestos cases consolidated for discovery and pretrial matters, while a plaintiff asks the court to extend consolidation to the trial (Sherri L. Deem, et al. v. Air & Liquid Systems Corporation, et al., Nos. 17-5965, 18-5527, W.D. Wash.)....